August 15, full moon festival. Inside and outside King Kang's mansion, it was a lively scene, but some people were not so happy.

"Lord Wang, this is what Master Shi asked the little one to send to you."

In the inner courtyard of King Kang's mansion, Xuanyuan Qi wore a new dress in the hall, and kept making up for the homework left by Yu Qinglin in her hands. Hearing Jiading's voice, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of him holding a few flavors of fruit and a plate of mooncakes the size of chess pieces.

"Ahem...... What about others? ”

"Back to the prince, Shi Ye is entertaining the county guard and several other adults in the front yard, Mrs. Yan is busy in the back kitchen, Shi Ye also said, I want you to take these things to pad your stomach first, and then go to the front yard."

Xuanyuan Qi listened, the two thin eyebrows almost instantly twisted into a "eight", she shook her head, picked up a small ball of moon cakes from the plate, did not eat directly, but first broke it from the middle, looked at the filling, and sniffed it again.

"Red bean paste? It's all red bean paste? ”

Jia Ding half-lowered his head, glanced at Xuanyuan Qi carefully, remained silent, and nodded slightly. He also heard the housekeeper Liu Shi say that it is true that the prince loves sweets, but this moon cake hates red bean paste the most.

But he didn't have no memory, he deliberately sent it, this was what Liu Shi ordered him to send, and asked him to go back and instruct the family to give the prince a "crab soup" prepared in advance at the banquet.

Although he didn't know what was going on, he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to do it, thinking of this, the prince in front of him didn't say a word, and he faintly felt that he was going to be unlucky, and his head hung lower.

"That's it, you are busy, help this king put away these schoolwork, and you can't miss a single one!"

The family here was still trembling, staring at Xuanyuan Qi, who was breaking the red bean paste mooncake in half in his hand, sighed, took a bite of one hand, ate the mooncake, got up and brushed his sleeves away.

"It's coming, it's coming, King Kang is coming......"

In the distance, Xuanyuan Qi heard the voices of several adults in the front hall talking to each other, Xuanyuan Qi reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth and walked in with a smile on his face.

After a long period of greetings, the banquet began, Xuanyuan Qi pursed his lips, raised the small cup on the table in front of him, and wanted to taste the ice spring brew. Unexpectedly, the entrance is tasteless. It turned out that in the pot in front of her, the cup was full of warm water.

Xuanyuan Qi frowned, and then put down the small cup, and when the county guard at the head saw it, he couldn't help but get nervous, he thought that it was because the taste of the ice spring brew was not good, and Xuanyuan Qi didn't like it.

Seeing this, Liu Shi, who was accompanying the waiters, immediately clapped his hands and asked the maids to serve a table of crab feasts. Then he smiled and muttered to Lord County Shou as if complaining: "Alas, His Royal Highness King Kang has a stubborn temper, he has been like this since he was a child, he obviously doesn't know how to drink, but he has to eat a few bites every time, I'm afraid that I'll talk nonsense again in a while, and I hope you adults don't be surprised." ”

As he spoke, Liu Shi got up half of his seat and made a shallow gesture to the adults one by one. The county guard and the others put their minds at ease, and saw that Xuanyuan Qi was still watching the dance music, and made sure that they hadn't noticed them, so they could use the banquet with peace of mind.

Here, Xuanyuan Qi's mouth was boring, and she was waiting for the crab banquet prepared by Mrs. Yan and others early in the morning, she didn't wait for the family members who were accompanying her to do it, and when her banquet food didn't arrive, she poured a small plate of ginger vinegar on her side.

She doesn't really like to eat crab roe, but she just likes the thick crab paste. Moreover, there is another reason that is not very important, she does not know how to peel shrimp and crabs, usually either the palace people peel them for her or others peel them for her, and they will feed her.

It was only when she got older that she did it herself, but she still hated the process of peeling shrimp and crabs compared to eating.

Xu Shi told such a story to Mrs. Yan early in the morning, today's crab feast, except for Liu Shi, the county guard and others on the case is a cooked crab that has been shelled, only the dish on the Xuanyuan case is a steaming crab soup.

Opening the celadon lid containing the crab soup, Xuanyuan Qi smelled a strong fragrance. The celadon is filled with a thick soup like milky mist, and the silk is still faintly white in the middle, accompanied by bright red grains. Xuanyuan knew that the white one should be crab meat, and the bright red one was the embellished wolfberry.

In addition to these, there are still finger-sized mountain mushrooms floating on the top, and the mountain mushrooms have been deliberately cooked, like mountain flowers blooming in the river and sea in this celadon.

Xuanyuan Qi smelled more, only felt that his index finger moved, took a spoon, gently scooped a small half bowl, and couldn't wait to put it in his mouth.

As soon as he entered his mouth, the taste was really extraordinary, and the wisps suddenly melted on the tip of his tongue, in addition to this deliciousness, Xuanyuan Qi also tasted something different.

Deceit......

Xuanyuan Qi is not specialized in cooking, but her sense of taste is more acute than ordinary people, and she grew up in the royal court since she was a child, and she doesn't know how much she has tasted jade delicacies.

"It was originally a tofu soup boiled in shrimp and crab juice...... Xuanyuan Qi sent another soup to the mouth, and this time she really tasted it.

Feeling deceived, Xuanyuan Qi touched the small half bowl of crab soup in his hand, and then set his eyes on Liu Shi, who was busy persuading him to drink.

And here Liu Shi, he faintly felt that there seemed to be a pair of thorns on his back, and when he turned around, he met Xuanyuan Qi's eyes with a point of grievance, two points of annoyance, three points of questioning and four points of helplessness.

Liu Shi knew that Xuanyuan Qi was asking him about the crab soup, and she also knew that she actually knew the reason why she would give her a tofu crab soup.

Seeing Xuanyuan Qi staring intently, his eyes did not mean to leave him at all, Liu Shi smiled, he tilted his head first, and when the banquet was approaching, it was time for all the adults in the palace to go to enjoy the lanterns with Xuanyuan Qi, he got up, went to get a cloak, and handed it to Xuanyuan Qi, who went to the inner room one step ahead of him.

"Lord, Linchuan is exposed in the middle of the night in August, before you go to enjoy the lanterns with all of you, please add clothes first."

The corners of Xuanyuan Qi's mouth skimmed down slightly, and she carefully looked inside and outside the room left and right, making sure that there was no one else except Liu Shi, who was waiting for her behind the screen, and then loosened the throat that had been thick from the banquet.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he muttered and complained.

"Why does my daughter's family have to have decanter water every month? Sick of it! Dislike! Troublesome! If only I were a man! ”

Liu Shi, who was sitting on the seat on the other side of the screen, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, covered his mouth, and almost snickered.

Xuanyuan Qi said here, and he had changed into thicker clothes, but his frizzy temperament did not change, and he rushed out from behind the cloak before he tied his cloak, and wanted to run to see the light.

Liu Shi, who took over the responsibility of his father Liu, raised his hand and grabbed Xuanyuan Qi's belt when half of Xuanyuan Qi's steps were out of the room.

"Alas...... Lord Wang, if you calculate carefully, you are all fifteen years old this year, but you are not a child. Liu Shi said while wearing clothes for Xuanyuan Qi in his hand, and Xuanyuan Qi also stood there with open arms tacitly, at his mercy.

This is the case, whether it is Liu Chu or Liu Shi, Xuanyuan Qi has developed such a habit, even if he is dressed, the father and son, one of them always has to come forward and tidy it up again, simply, every time she raises her arms in advance and stands up.

"Old Taro said, if you haven't passed your birthday, you can't be a year older, so I'm still fourteen years old."

Xuanyuan pouted, a little unhappy. Just like many daughters, when they were young, they just said that they were older, indicating that they were no longer ignorant children. When I got older, I made every excuse to come out, saying that I was still a child.

"Ha, okay, okay, the prince is only fourteen years old this year, and he will be fourteen years old next year, and he will be fourteen years old in another year, and our prince will always be fourteen years old."

The two ribbons on the cloak with a peace knot were tied by Liu Shi, and after they were smoothly arranged, he turned his head sideways again, wanting to tidy up the wrinkled cuffs for Xuanyuan Qi.

And Xuanyuan Qi, because she lost the string of red jade beads left to her by her mother before her death, this child was cowering and curling her right hand in her sleeve, desperately pulling the cuffs outward, but it was to cover it up and attract Liu Shi's attention.

Liu Shi's hands came up, and while flattening the cuffs, he naturally figured out what was missing on Xuanyuan Qi's wrists.

It is unlikely that Xuanyuan Qi casually threw it somewhere on the street. Although Xuanyuan Qi has no impression of the late King Xiankang and the princess, but this string of beads, she is also very precious on weekdays, how could she make a map for no reason?

Moreover, Liu Shi was full of doubts about Xuanyuan Qi, who climbed over the wall in the backyard yesterday in a mess and knocked down several guards in her palace, because she was not only wearing women's clothes yesterday, but she was still in this situation, covered in dust, and her shoes and trousers were also covered with muddy water.

Now, Liu Shi cleverly linked the two together and came to a conclusion that Xuanyuan Qi, who was wearing women's clothes yesterday, had a fight with someone, and the string of red jade beads was held in that person's hand.

"Lord Wang, who did you fight with? He also took away the string of red jade beads? ”

Liu Shi knew that this kind of thing must not be detoured, so he went straight in, and while walking out of the room, he asked Xuanyuan Qi directly.

"Humph! That summer ...... What's going on in the summer?! Yes, Xia Zhengtao, obviously he couldn't beat me, and he didn't admit it when I was knocked to the ground, and he actually hooked my red jade beads! Dislike!!! ”

As she spoke, Xuanyuan kicked down the bucket by the well, but the force was not used correctly, and her big toe was very painful.

"It's really troublesome, lord, how can you let Xia Zhengtao, the prince of Liang Kingdom, see you wearing women's clothes?"

Liu Shi suddenly felt a heartbeat in his heart, Xuanyuan Qi's daughter's identity was not going to be revealed?

"Don't worry, Ah Shi, I was wearing a mask yesterday! He wanted to see what I looked like, but I didn't let him see it, so let this kid wait today, and tomorrow I will go to the Sword Tablet Prison to find him and get back my red jade beads! ”

Xuanyuan Qi patted Liu Shi on the shoulder and made him relax. But she and Liu Shi never thought that they would not have to wait for August 15 and ask for it the next day.

Xia Zhengtao, others have come.